Arch Linux

Danielbbom

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Registered: 2025-06-08

Posts: 19

I wanted facilitators for the installation of Arch Linux

Whenever I install Arch Linux I have to install codec drivers which are basic things. Does anyone have a way to install them easily or a script that would help a lot at the time of post-installation?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,875

Re: I wanted facilitators for the installation of Arch Linux

That's not now any of this works. It's not like Windows where you install codecs and any software can pick them up, software in Linux is built with specific options and against specific things, which are then listed in the depends or optdepends.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 65,801

Re: I wanted facilitators for the installation of Arch Linux

That's actually what archinstall is for - define your custom installation routine.
Also what exactly do you mean by "codec drivers" - codecs and drivers are not the same thing and as mentioned by Scimmia, "codecs" are by and large just ffmepeg* lbav* (which gets linked or dlopenend by various clients)
So I assume you're rather talking about OOT modules or xf86-* DDX drivers?

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foobarDestroyer

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Registered: 2025-07-08

Posts: 9

Re: I wanted facilitators for the installation of Arch Linux

Whenever I install Arch Linux I have to install codec drivers which are basic things. Does anyone have a way to install them easily or a script that would help a lot at the time of post-installation?

Yes! You can write your own custom bash script or Python, Perl, Javascript, nodejs, Ruby, etc (many options) to solve this simple problem! You need only then remember to copy/move/carry and take your bash script with you; a "utility script."

- https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bash
- https://www.howtogeek.com/808593/bash-script-examples/

The internet has endless examples and there are entire books (for professional maintainers of complex systems); many are 100% free.